Benefits of potato flakes and granules for crisps
Benefits of potato flakes and granules for crisps
As a world leading manufacturer of dehydrated potato solutions, we understand the crucial role our dehydrated potato ingredients play in the industrial production of crisps. In this article, we will inform you about the benefits of flakes and granules, explaining how they differ and which processes and crisps they are most suitable for.
Benefits of our dehydrated potato ingredients
- Long shelf life: dehydrated potato flakes and granules have a significantly longer shelf life than fresh potatoes. This makes them ideal for storage and transport, ensuring you always have a reliable supply.
- Consistent quality: Our potato ingredients offer a consistent texture and flavour, essential for producing uniform crisps. This guarantees that every batch maintains the same high quality.
- Processing efficiency: the processing of dried potato products simplifies your production process. Potato flakes and granules can be quickly rehydrated and processed, increasing production speed and reducing costs.
- Nutritional value: despite the dehydration process, our potato flakes and granules retain many of their essential nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals. This makes them a nutritious choice for crisp production.
- Versatility: our potato ingredients can be easily customised with various flavours and seasonings, providing flexibility in creating diverse crisp varieties.
About our potato flakes
Dried potato flakes are made by cooking, mashing, and then drying peeled potatoes on a drum dryer. The resulting dry film is ground into flakes. They offer a fine and uniform texture, perfect for light and airy crisps.
About our potato granules
Dried potato granules are produced by cutting potatoes into pieces, blanching, mashing, and then drying them. During blanching, the starch is released, resulting in a firm texture. Granules are therefore suitable for making thicker, sturdier crisps with a robust texture. They are also often used in protein-rich crisps due to their ability to provide a firm base for additional ingredients.